York University has signed agreements with seven Ontario colleges to enable college graduates trained in technology-related fields to earn teaching degrees at York. The pathway agreements allow college students with work experience and three-year advanced diplomas in programs ranging from animation to industrial design to enter York’s Consecutive Bachelor of Education (BEd) in Technological Education […]
The Office of Professional Learning in the Faculty of Education is delighted to host a delegation of 26 Education Professors from universities in Jiangsu province, PRC. The professors are at York to engage in 11 weeks of professional learning. The group will be learning about teacher education at York, programs in Ontario schools, research-based high […]
Why did you want to become a secondee at York?I’m thinking of a quote by Fred Divito: “If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” I was looking for a new challenge, something outside of my comfort zone, saw the opportunity at York and decided to throw my application into the mix. Now that […]
A new public lecture series, presented by The Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University in association with The Jamaica 55 Canada Committee, will run at York University on Oct. 6. The inaugural Don Levy Lecture, in celebration of Jamaica 55, will examine 'The Role of the Diaspora in National Development' […]
Kathleen is a second year BEd student who participated in York’s GO GLOBAL student exchange program this past summer. Below is a Q&A with Kathleen about her international exchange experience in Freiburg, Germany. Where did you go on your international exchange?My international exchange was held at the Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg (Freiburg Teacher’s College) in southern […]
York University’s UNESCO/UNITWIN Chair will have the distinct honour of speaking during the UNESCO 25th anniversary celebration in Paris, France on Oct. 31. Charles Hopkins, York’s UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education, is a long-standing UNESCO Chair. He will speak to an audience including ministers of education and ambassadors of higher education […]
The Faculty of Education is thrilled to welcome assistant professor Gillian Parekh. “We are excited to have Gillian join us,” said Faculty of Education Dean Lyndon Martin. “Her research addresses current issues in education and will add to the ways in which the Faculty is making a difference in the lives of young people in […]
Lyndon Martin, Dean, Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the appointments of professors Heather Lotherington to Associate Dean Research and Qiang Zha to Graduate Program Director. Both appointments took effect on July 1, 2017. In her role as Associate Dean Research, Dr. Lotherington is responsible for supporting and advancing research to enhance the Faculty’s […]
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Members of the York community were among the many friends, family and colleagues who gathered at the prestigious Woodbine Banquet Hall & Convention Centre this past Sunday afternoon to celebrate the Honorable Jean Augustine’s 80th birthday. Donations from the event will be directed to the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in the […]